The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 237 What is Politics

The night is getting thicker, the thin clouds are floating under the stars and the clear moon, the dew in the forest gathers on the tip of the leaves, the rustling sound spreads to the foothills in the darkness, in the depths, the grass leaves are pushed aside, and the prying eyes Looking at several fires burning at the foot of the mountain in the distance.

In the darkness ahead, there was the familiar song of birds, and the side profile of the spying figure also blew out the singing of night birds in response.

wow~~
Susu~~
Grass leaves rustled, silhouettes appeared in the dark, and in the middle of the stretching figures, a slender figure named Tang Bao'er stepped on the fallen leaves and walked out. With the moonlight shining through the gaps in the trees, he looked at the faintly visible convoy.

"Is this the team?"

She tilted her head and looked at the two subordinates who were inquiring about news in the city today: "The guards of more than 200 people are either high officials of the imperial court or the family members of Jiedu envoys. It happens that the army is short of money and food."

The woman raised her hand, and amidst the singing of birds, she could not see how many figures slowly approached there in the dark. When she took out the weapon she held in her mouth, the few people walking in front bowed and pushed aside the hanging branches. The moment they approached, a bell suddenly sounded under their feet.

This is a means of warning.

Ding Ding Ding!
The crisp copper bell resounded clearly through the night, Tang Bao'er held the sword and fell to the ground, cursing: "A bunch of idiots!" At the same time, the guards on duty turned their heads vigilantly in the direction where the bell rang. ,'Clang' pulled out the blade.

"Who--"

With a loud roar, the entire temporary camp reacted immediately, and the guards who were resting in rotation quickly got up, drew their weapons and surrounded the carriage.

Someone jumped up, grabbed the rein, and Qiao Niang poked her head out: "What happened?"

"Madam take good care of the old lady, there are thieves outside!"

As soon as the guard's words fell, there was a 'swoosh' in the air, the guard instinctively dodged, and the arrow was nailed to the wooden post next to Qiao Niang.

"Enemy attack!!" The guards hissed and shouted, shook the reins, and yelled: "Drive——"

The horses hoofed away the two guards in front, pulled the carriage and ran, and the rear followed almost at the same time. More than 200 guards formed an array behind. The experienced guards inserted their swords into the bonfire, and directly killed them. Burning branches and dead wood fly away.

The flames splashed in the air, and on the other side of the illuminated forest, one after another figure rushed out with the sound of footsteps, stepped on a rock, jumped up suddenly, and then, the figure in the air was slashed with a knife, and flew back, sprinkling There was blood all over the place.

The commander of the guard who drew the knife shouted: "Back!"

The resulting formation moved back two steps in unison, and the other 50 people on each side also shrank. Looking at the swarming figures, the guards behind opened their sleeves, revealing the small arm crossbows that were close to their arms.

Whoosh whoosh—

The small crossbow flew over the shoulders of the companions in front, and the dozens of people who rushed out of the forest fell down in a row. The wandering army behind directly passed over the mourning companions on the ground, and swung their blades to slash at the nearest guard.

"block--"

The latter raised his hand in response, and there was a 'bang' sound, the metal impact exploded, and the torn cloth exposed the front end of the guard's arm, which was wrapped in a layer of iron sheet.

"Sword!" The guard commander shouted again.

Hundreds of saber lights swished out, flying on the front line, the blood of the rushing thieves burst and splashed, and their bodies fell back one after another.The resulting front line retreated a few steps again in the voice of the commander, leaving a gap, so he made a heavy plan and killed another group of twenty or thirty thieves.

"Which Jiedu envoy is this?" Beside the woman watching the battle, the rough man named Chen Shuba's eyes were straightened. There were few brothers under his command, and he was slapped by the scholar named Xie Tong in Huazhou. There are still people walking quietly on the way, there are only a thousand people left in their hands, and there are dozens of casualties right now, so I feel anxious.

"This group of people is too powerful, we can't fight anymore, this place is too close to Hezhong Mansion, if it is Wang Chongrong's family, it will cause trouble."

Tang Bao'er leaned on the handle of the sword, her once pretty face was weathered, and looked at the pawns with sharp eyes. In Chen Shuba's anxious words, he could only hear the sound of "clang" drawing the sword, and the body of the sword shone in the moonlight It was cold, and when the rough man looked over, the fallen leaves flew away, and the slim figure rushed towards the moonlight with a sword, stepped on the head of a wandering soldier below, and jumped again with his strength.

The thieves below attacked the front line, and someone shouted: "Hold on!"

Whoa!
The sudden sound of trees shaking caught the attention of the commander of the guards. He turned his head and looked up, the moonlight was like frost, and the branches and leaves of the tree cage in the distance broke through. '唰' pulled out a cold light.

"Good girl, why are you following a thief—"

The guard saw the appearance of the person clearly, and the blade in his hand was not slow, he raised the knife with his cross arm to meet him, Dang!There was a sound of gold and iron, and the edge of the knife touched the edge of the sword. The moment the woman's figure was under her feet, the toe of her shoe lifted and kicked the commander's arm away.

As a general who was killed in the Northwest Army, this commander knew that if he retreated today, he would die. When the subordinates around him took over, he tore off a piece of cloth to tighten the sword wound on his arm, and ordered the backup soldiers to make up for it. The dozens of cavalry who stayed Also went straight up.Except for the more than 30 subordinates who protected the convoy to evacuate, the rest are here.

At this time, more than two hundred people unreservedly fought together with the wandering army rushing down the mountain.

The sound of fighting under the moonlight was intense, and it gradually spread, the darkness was getting brighter, and the pedestrians on the road had more or less noticed the sound of fighting. Running wildly towards a crowded place, all the way west.

In such a weather, Geng Qing was in Prince Qi's Mansion in Longzhou at this time. As a recorder for joining the army, he still wanted to participate in Wang Jian's attack on the Shannan West Road. For the past ten days, almost all of them came here.

The strategy for the first battle has already been passed on, but the exact news has not yet come. Geng Qing still analyzes according to the previous news, but in terms of grand strategy, he does not agree to start a war with Wang Jian.

"Try each other, no matter whether you win or lose, as long as you know that the northwest is not easy to mess with, that king of Langjiao will retreat. He doesn't have much energy to come and swallow Longzhou and Fengxiang."

Geng Qing walked back and forth in the middle hall of the palace with his hands behind his back, "But after that, we still have to contact that Wang Jian."

"There was a fight, and both sides died, so we still have to talk?" Li Jiji was still thinking like a general, and he was somewhat uncomfortable seeing someone who had fought a battle.

Over there, Geng Qing nodded, "In the past few days, I have read some books at home. There is a saying: Act when it suits your interests, and stop when it doesn't suit your interests. This is politics! The more friends you make, the fewer enemies you fight. Contact with him, you can make friends and do business, the land in the northwest controls the commercial roads, Shu brocade and golden nanmu are all excellent things, passing through us, and then going to Guiyi army, all three parties can benefit, he, Zhang Chengfeng and we can talk together."

"Businessmen and common people can also benefit from it. For the entire Northwest, it is more cost-effective to win over someone who is valuable than fighting with others and wasting the lives of soldiers. If we haven’t reached that point, we can only use politics to solve it.”

"I will bring the words of the master to the Defense Envoy." Li Jiji didn't say anything else. He thought it was reasonable, and he would keep it in his heart. He immediately wrote a letter and asked Kuaima to send it to the south.

A few more days later, the news came back with Fu Daozhao, and Li Jiji and Geng Qing went to meet him outside the city. Seeing the smug look on his face, it goes without saying that he had the upper hand in the temptation.

"Then Wang Jian, he really agreed to do business with us, sir."

(End of this chapter)